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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
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rblihed Weekly at Independence, Polk County,
Oregon, on Friday.
latsrsd as tec o ad CUts Matter August 1, 1912 at tbe Post Office tisde-'-;
aendesce, Polk County, Oregon, Under tbe Act of March 3, 1879.
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OUR FARMERS' IMPROVEMENT PAGE
Information Gathered Everywhere that Is of Interest to the Men and Women on the
Farm. Good Roads, Dairying, Horticulture, Fine Stock, Hogs, Etc.
will rat. urn! day Is cheaper than corn,
sit-leilt plant as daixlelion It -Kansas Industrialist
IT KILLS WEEDS
mim be repeated as often as
Oregon Agricultural Col-1 the plant comes up. Flax or
THE CANNERY PROPOSITION
The Monitor doe not believe in cooperative schemes
as a rule and hts Been many of ouch make dismal failures
although now and then one has hail a fairdegrte of buccwbh
We saw this week a report from Corvallii, publish
in the Gazette Timas of that place, to the tffict that the
cannery thvre had proved a very decided succe-s. The ar
tide in part reads aa follows:
"The Corvallis cannery product has pleased two jobbing
houses ho much that they have asked Manager Tinker to
figure on their entire stock for next year, $50,000 to $75,000
worth of canned goods in each instance.
It !a particularly gratifying that Portland banks, the
Lumberman's National and the Ladd & Tilton institutions
In partioular, have listened to Manager Tinker's statements
and expressed areadinesa to advance needed money ugiinst
warehouse receipts .
All is going nicely at the cannery just now. The great
bean rush is practically over, though three or four tons
come in eaoh day.
Manager Tinker hss just contracted with a Toledo man
for the product or 75 acres of evergreen blackberries. He
says the year's experience leaven nodoubt that blackberries,
raspberries and loganberries are the fruit to raine.
The next struggle at t he cannery will be with tomatoes
following tomatoes will come the prunes and apples. The
cannery will take care of every oull apple raised in the
county if the growers will get I hem to the inst'tution."
Independence has an excellent cannery building and if
a man of experince would take hold of it, it could be made
to pay. Independence oould be a fruit center, the name as
a cream and buttir center if a nun of ability was secured
to take over the plant here and put into it enough money
to show that he had confidence in his ability to produce a
canned article that would su!l. There ii a great difference
between a "promoter for profit" and a "profitable promo.
tion" for the people and herein hangs a story that is worth
considering by the people of the community generally.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
the Monitor oflioe is equipped to print job work. We
have the new and late styles of type VVe havs good, clean,
modern faces and we have good machinery and use the
right kind of ink. If your visiting oarda rub, or are ragged
looking, the trouble is froui poor ink and poor type. Ours
always look good. When we try to print you a business
card we try successfully and you are satisfied. "You should
worry" if you don't get what, you want. We print letter
heads and if you want two color work, we can give it to vou
and give it to you right. We have one price for our work
and that is a living prioe Wh use bond ink the best the
market affords for bond letterheads, envelwpes and other
printing. VVe -have largo font of typewriter type for cir
cular letter work andean print them in purple. We can
print imitation typewriter letters by the milk process if you
wish them. We have a largn font of legal type for deeds,
mortgages, contracts and other legal forms. We print on
card board or cloth a nd make large sales bills if desired.
We make meal tickets, hop tickets, Hupping tags, in fact
everything. When this office tries it succeed, and that is
why our business is growing, (lood material is the first
requi'ite of good printing, (tood taste puis on the finish
ing touches. These are a f.-w trade hints for those who
care. Get your prindng dmio at the Monitor oflioe the
house of quality.
the tips
may be
SEWING GRAIN FOR FERTILIZER
Horst Uros. are having
twelve acres of their hop
yard sown to
which will be plowed under
to see what value u will be
to the yard as a fertilizer.
Luther J. Chapin, Govern
ment Agricultural Expert,
with headquarters at Salem
is in charge of the work for
the company.
PUT THE POOREST
CORN IN THE SILO
One of the greatest advantages of tbe
llo Is lis ability to make a very profit
able feed out of a crop Unit would not
amount to much If fed lo the usual
ways, says the Iowa Homestead. For
tbe silo. Where a furnier lias corn that
yields from thirty rive to fifty bushels
to tbe acre nnd Another field that for
some reason yields but fifteen to twenty-five
bushels, he has found, if he
has had a nIIo 014 bis farm for any
length of time, that It la more profit
able to put the poorest com In the silo
and busk out the rest for the crib.
This does not uieau that silage made
from the poorer corn is Just as good
a the silage would have been from
the better corn, but It does mean that
tbe better corn does not make silage
enough better to pay for using tbe
best yielding corn of the farm for
filing the silo.
Even though the grain yield of
corn crop runs only from fifteen to
twenty-live bushels to tbe acre, or
even as low as ten to twelve bushels,
HOP PICKING SEASON NEAR AT HAND
It is time to prepare for the annual rush to the hop
yards. It is estimated that during the mouth required to
pick and dry the hops of l'olk. county fully 15,(00 people
will be added to the population of the county. While
around Indeptndenoe where this great army of pickers will
be gathered, svery convenience is made for the campers
and pickers in the way of camp grounds, water, stores,
amusements, eto , yet tbe city proper also should make ar
rangements to help entertain these piokers Many of them
are out for their anuual vacation and w.ut to have pleasures
intermingled with work, why not Independence p'sn to
hslp entertain them.
lege, Corvallis, Ore, Aug
18. A solution made by dis
solving iron sulphate in wa
ter at the rate of 100 pounds
to 62 gallons of water, will
kill moat broad leaved and
succulent weeds and not in
jure, to any harmful extent,
crops of grasses and grain in
which they are growing. Its
ufe, if properly prepared and
applied, will prove veryeffect-
ive, but cannot trice the place
of rotation of crops, culiiva
tion and summer fallow.
Methods of preparation and
use, with necessary restric
tions and cautions, are set
forth by Processor II. I).
Scudder, agronomist of the
Oregon Agricultural College,
somewhat as foil jws:
The espwial value of this
soray in the destruction of
weeds is due to the fact that
it may be applied in such a
way as tokill the weeds while
they are growing in the grass
or grain crop. As iron sul
phate is a powerful salt its
action is similar to that of an
alkali in the soil, drying the
1 aves up, turning them
brown and causing tiem to
die. It will not destroy
grains or grasses because of
its limited area of action on
thtir narrow linear leaves.
Used as a spay, iron sul
phate has been thoroughly
tested by experiment station-
at well as by manufactures o
the sulphate. If prepared
properly and applied in th
right way at the right time
it will destroy dandelion,
wild carrot, bull thistle, pep
per glass, wild daisy, shep
herd's purse, pig weed, lamb's
quarter, mustard, yarrow at.d
sorrel. If used to destroy
dandelions on lawns it will
injure the white clover. Nor
can this spray safely be used
on growing weeds in anv
muni leaved crop as it will
destroy both crop and weeds.
To be most sffective the
pray should be applied dur
ing dry, sunny weather, for
if the weeds are washed by
ram within three days, the,
salt will not kill them It
1 lit 1 1 i I
noma ie appiivu witu a
sprayer which will deuvei
the spray forcibly in a fine
mi t, so that theweids may
be covered as completely as
ossib!e. The s i r a v i n u
hould be done on s quiet
lay and should b applied to
all weeds just before blossom-
"g-
In making up the solution
wooden barters should be
used, a? thesulphate corn deo
all tnetsls except bra-s.
it loses strength on standing
it should be made up fresh
each day. The sprayer am'
all connections should be of
wood, rubber or brass". Al'tei
use the sprayer t hould be
cleaned wiih watsr to prevent
clogging or corroding. Made
up in the required strength
the solution will stain hands
and clothing, but the hands
may be protected with vast
line. Where spraying is done on
au extensive scale a large
horse machim should he used.
On a smaller ectle tt hand
sprayer with a strong fine
spraying nozzle will serve the
purpose. For in us ard in
wheat fields, one snraviuir i
,1 . " , , the hots are nut on patur. It 1 sur-
UtUUenl, bUI for such pet- prising to th.J how much hay bog
Sheep Shearingt.
Keep the flies away from the sheep.
Watch the eyes of your sheep. If the
to a con pie of
ivlliut tndl' Ku artruvrwl with
J ' ' eyes look sore shear off the wool from
oul injury to the Crop when a"ronnd the eyes and bathe with twenty
it is from six to twelve inch s
in height, although
of the the leaves
turned brown.
grains of boric acid
ounces of water.
Sheep need salt. Have a box of It
always within their reach.
Bee that the feeding troughs are kept
perfectly clean.
Never scare a flock of sheep. If yon
must go near them do It as quietly as
possible.
Look out for the lame sheep. It Is
forerunner of foot rot.
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Weight of Fleeoes. I
The fleeces of sheep sheared at the ;
oats and rye' University of Illinois this year have !
ueeu ui YKiy rvuu " r . u uv . . . .
age of the Itnmbouillets was 1B.8 j
pounds; the Shropshlres averaged 8.7,
the Hampshire 8.5 and the South- ,
downs 7.07 pounds. Cheviots averaged
tbe lightest, with fleeces of 6.9 pounds.
All of the university sheep have been
turned on to forage crops for tbe sum
mer and are fed rape, cowpeag and my
beans
MILK COWS REGULARLY.
Carelessness In This Matter Tends to
Lessen Milk Flow.
No greater mistake can be made with
good dairy cows than to milk at Irregu
lar hours. No good cow will keep up
ber milk flow under such treatment,
writes H. F. Button In the Orange Judd
Farmer. tVo tnilkings a day, twelve
hours apart, Is the only rule which the
cpws will abide by. On my own farm
We milk at 5 a. m. and S p. m., which
are as convenient hours as any. If
anything happens to delay the milking
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Photo by Tennessee experiment station.
MaKKle Doon II., a Jersey oow
owned by the Tennessee experiment
station, bids fair to make a record
thut will rank among the beet for
the broi'd I.jist year as a heifer
he produced t:.t72.8 pounds of milk
containing 417ii pounds of butter.
When Hhe freshened this year ehe
was put on lest Ourlng t lie first
sixty-nine daya of this test MaK
Kle Doon 11 produced nearly 2,50
poutftis of milk containing 160
pounds of butler. Her best day's
milk production was 4-.6 poiuids of
milk testing 6.3S per cent butter
fut. equivalent to 3.2 pounds of 85
per cent butOT. Durtna; one month
he produced 1,03.6 pounds of milk
eontulnlni; 70S pounds of butter,
an average of practically two and
one-half pounds of butter per day.
there Is still a great feeding value In
the entire crop, putting fodder and
grain together, if It is harvested at
the time when the feeding value of
both fodder and grain Is the greatest.
Always, before (lie das of the sl!o,
the problem was to keep the feeding
value In the crop In other words, to
preserve It When the fall nnd winter
Benson la dry we have found that our
shocked corn made much hotter feed
This was because It was preserved
better, the weather not damaging the
fodder as much as Is usually the case
Now, with the silo one Is able to pre
serve all the feeding value that Is In
the crop at the time of harvesting, so
with even a light grain yield there Is
still much value in the corn crop, prob
ably more In a corn crop of light yield
than In a crop of heavy yield than the
difference in bushels to the acre would
seotn to indicate, a yield of twenty
bushels to the acre, for Instance, be
ing worth more than half as much as
a yield of forty bushels This Is be
cause the feeding value of the fodder
Is very nearly the same In either case.
For this reason, and more particularly
for stock not on full feed, silo own
ers are finding It the best practice to
put their poorest corn In the silo.
a day or two. The reason for this Is
not far to seek. Tbe solids of tbe milk
are secreted at a very uniform rate be
tween uiilklngs, but the liquid part Is
mostly formed Just before and during
milking.
If a cow giving six quarts of milk at
a milking was killed half an hour be
fore milking there would not be more
than two quarts of milk in her udder
This addition of the liquid to tbe solids
that have accumulated since the last
milking constitutes a large part of "let
ting down the milk" and Is under the
control of her nervous system. I do
not mean that It Is voluntary on the
part of the cow, though I have seen
men club a cow to mnke her let down
(he milk. We all know how emotion,
such as anxiety or fright makes our
mouths dry. It is Just in this way that
any sort of disturbance shuts off a
cow's milk.
I have several times found men who
failed to milk their cows clean thus
drying them up after six or seven
months. The best security against this
is found in keeping dully milk records.
A spring balance with a dial face and
a ruled sheet of cardboard will pay
many hundred per cent In the larger
How of milk. I know that many a man
who Is dishonest enough to leave milk
in a cow's udder is not bold enough to
put record of his dishonesty down for
Ills employer to read.
Stwpliesfa
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AU the troubles of canning day disappear when you
use our auppliea. Everything of, the best wi time
tried and fully tested before we even placed the or
ders with thi manufacturers.
Jura that are atr-tlght, parafflne that Is guaranteed to
be absolutely pure and all the other little Items that
make canning the pleasure should be. And the prices
are the lowest In the town-consistent with value.
Call in and Inspect our Stock before Purchasing.
FLUKE & JOHNSON
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Bicycles, Motor Cycles and Sewing
Machines
REPAIRED
HOG CHOLERA CHECKED.
Methods by Which a Community
Stampod Out Disease.
George Glover of the Utah enperi
ment station writes that In one com
munity with which he Is familiar and
In which hog cholera whs rampant the
disease was stamped out by the fol
lowing method:
A competent veterinarian was made
a deputy sheriff with Instruction to
clean up cholera, lie did It by first
ordering the carcasses of cholera hogs
destroyed by tire. Healthy hogs were
isolated from sick ones, serum was
used with discreUou, pens were or
dered cleaned once a week and the
litter destroyed by Are, lime was scat
tered In the y a rW and the pens white
washed, the hogs were placed in quar
antine, and notices to that effect were
posted conspicuously, the moving of
hogs on the public roads was pro
hibited, and all Imported hogs were
held fifteen days before exposing them
to other hogs.
This procedure III a general way, If
enforced vigorously, will control hog :
cholera, and there Is no other way
The sanitary authorities must enforce
the same general rules In quarantine
and disinfection that then do with
smallpox and scarlet fever In the hu
man, and there is no reason why the
I disease cannot be equally well coa
! trolled
Independence Bicycle & Repair
Shop
MAIN STREET
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The Best Is Good Enough and You
get only the best when you
buy meat from us
A new refrigerating plant keeps the meat cool
and fresh, and whan you once buy from us
you buy again, beoausn our meat give satisfac
tion. We hav just added new rendering vats and
sausage raaohinery thus being ahla to up
ply you with lard and sausage, at all times.
We have our own smoke houses and give you
country cured hams and bacon.
NELSON'S MARKET
C Street, Independence, Ore.
Feed Rack For Hogs.
A very handy feed rack for hogs la
easily made Itutld a trough a foot
wide and four Inches deep for the hot
torn of the rack This trough will
catch the leaves of the hay Nail four
uprights, three feet long, one to each
corner of the trough Kasten the back
uprights to the fence so as to keep the
rack In place and make it handier to
All. Nail a board between the tops of
the front uprights and to this board
fasten the strips, which should be
from six to seven Inches apart, and
run from It to the wnter of the trough
Alfalfa hay should always be kept
in this rack during the winter In the
summer fresh alfalfa can be used If
A Big Bargain for Vou
(iet .your Jnimnn r ClothiDg when you can make the best bargains. Tailor
ni.ulo suits always wtive satisfaction. Ours are a little better than the beat. We
are now offering one pair of trousers free with every two or three piece suit bought
from us.
12.00 Suit, 4.00 pair of Trousers free
16.00 Suit, 4.75 pair of Trousers free
'20.00 Suit, G.OO pair of Trousers free
2". 00 Suit, 7.50 pair of Trousers free torn Prices with Trousers Thrown sn
30.00 Suit, 9.5(1 piir of irousers fiee j
T.IM Suit. 10.50 pair of Trousers free j
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4'.00 Suit, 12 00 pair of Trousers free j
H. J. FORD, CLEANING AND PRESSING PA
Phone No. 7121 Cor. Monmouth and R. II. Sts., IN .
These Suits are at regular Rock Bot-
Order your suit today.
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